Speaking of which, anyone heard the rumours that UEFA are looking for expand the Euros and turn it into a major challenger to FIFA's world cup?
Due to the growing separation between Blatter and Platini due to the constant corruption of FIFA, which resorted in Sebb and co trying to reduce the power of Europe in FIFA?

Well they plan to pretty much open it to all continents.
Ive actually preferred watching the Euros. Throw in the best SA and African teams, USA (they're shit but have a lot of media coverage) and its pretty much the world cup.

kalel wrote:
Just spent most of the morning arguing on a Spurs board, and it never fails to remind me how very high the bar is here.

I read the Villa forums quite a bit and I'm so glad I can't remember my password as I fear I would lose my shit on there sometimes with the penchant for negativity and stupidity. Fan forums seem to feature the largest selection of bleating idiots, it staggers me some of the things I've read.

IIRC there are always Sept and Oct fixtures for qualifiers, and a slot in Nov for play-off/friendly. The August game is relatively new but I think this year they played about with the timing because the season started a bit later.